Why the People You Love Keep Getting Your Leftover Time

It's an ordinary Tuesday. A work email needs an answer by noon, a permission slip is due in the morning, and the dentist wants you to confirm by five. All of it gets done. The friend you've meant to call for two months doesn't, and neither does a real conversation with the person you've talked to all week about pickups and dinner. That doesn't mean you don't care. This episode looks at why tasks with a clock on them keep beating the people who never send a reminder, and why the busier you feel, the stronger that pull...